Its ending in particular is phenomenally optimistic. The plot of Key's The Magic Meadow is even more poignant for any reader who has ever been bedridden in a hospital. All they want to do is go home and, happily, a few of us locals have the decency to help them do so (Key's The Forgotten Door predates E.T. In both cases, however, it is for a very logical reason: the characters are "not from around here". Key sometimes depicted government-sponsored social services for children as inefficient or even counterproductive in its efforts: in The Forgotten Door, social services is presented as a clearly undesirable alternative for the protagonist Little Jon, and, in Escape to Witch Mountain, Tony and Tia actively flee the system. In several of his novels (most notably The Case of the Vanishing Boy), Key portrays some sort of communal withdrawal from society by a group of like-minded individuals. The protagonists of Key's books are often ostracized, feared, or persecuted because of their astonishing abilities or extraterrestrial origins, and Key uses this as a clear metaphor for racism and other prejudice. In his nonfiction book The Strange White Doves, he professed his belief that animals are conscious, thinking, feeling, perceiving, independent, and self-aware intelligent beings, and that they have subtle ways of communicating, perhaps via empathy or telepathy. He is known for his portrayals of alien but human-looking people who have tremendously strong psychic/ psionic abilities, a close communion with nature, and who can telepathically speak with animals.
His novel The Incredible Tide became a popular anime series called Future Boy Conan in 1978. The sequel was made into another popular film in 1978. His novel Escape to Witch Mountain was made into a popular live-action film by Disney in 1975, 1995, and again in 2009. ( March 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
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